Edition notes: Transcribed from manuscript, original key is b-flat. Missing accidentals are positioned above the note. Text sections that are implied by repeat signs ·/· are indicated by italic text. The text spelling is not modernised. Most commercially available editions have a slightly differnt wording. MusicXML source file(s) is (are) in compressed .mxl format.

Last revised: 2013-10-10

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Description: Johann Bach's motet Unser Leben ist ein Schatten is contained in the famous Altbachisches Archiv, a collection of compositions of the Bach family which was started by Johann Ambrosius Bach and then was later maintained by his son Johann Sebastian Bach.